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A'LFERNANDEZ, CARTRIDGE CHECK FOR MAGAZINE RIFLES APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1. I918.

Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

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ran ears rarer o FICEQ ABEL FERNANDEZ, OF MEXICO, MEXICO, ASSIG-NOR TO JUAN V. TORRES, OF SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO, AND ANTONIO HERREJON LOPEZ, OF MEXICO, MEXICO.

CARTRIDGE-CHECK FOR MAGAZINE-RIFLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '7, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABEL FERNANDEZ, a citizen of Mexico, residing at Mexico city, Estados Unidos Mexicanos, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cartridge-Checks for Magazine-Rifles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in magazine rifles and it is the principal object of the invention to provide a novel form of cartridge check adapted for use in connection with magazine rifles whereby the automatic feeding of the cartridges into the breech portion of the rifle for positioning in the firing chamber thereof can be discontinued at will by a user, but which is so ar ranged and constructed as to permit manual insertion of cartridges into the firing chamber from the breech portion of the rifle, thus accommodating slow firing of the rifle and in consequence, maintaining a reserve supply of cartridges in the magazine instantly available for use as in the event of emergency wherein rapid firing of the rifle is desired.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a check of the character mentioned which will not in any way hinder or interrupt the ordinary usage of the rifle and which can be applied thereto in the form'of an attachment with but slight alteration to the rifle.

Another and equally important object of the invention is to provide the rifle with an additional magazine compartment or receptacle allowing the same to accommodate a greater number of cartridges and which can be easily and quickly detached when itis so desired.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The improvements in the details and arrangement of parts will be apparent from an inspection of the accompanying drawings when considered in connection with th specific description hereinafter contained and wherein a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown for the purpose of imparting a-full understanding thereof.

In the drawings: 7

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of the Mauser type of rifle having the improved cartridge check and supplemental magazine applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of the supplemental oradditional magazine receptacle,

Fig. 4: is a vertical fragmentary transverse section through the rifle showing the engagement of the check in the breech portion thereof and the engagement of said check with a cartridge,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary horizontal section through a portion of the rifle showing the manner of mounting the check on one side thereof and the engagement of the same through the adjacent side of the rifle,

Fig. 6 is a detail in perspective of the improved check,

Fig. 7 is a detail in perspective of the plate to which the same is pivoted,

Fig. 8 is a detail in perspective of the spring pawl employed, and

Fig. 9 is a reduced detail in perspective of the keeper for receiving the projecting tongue carried on one end of the supplemental magazine receptacle.

Having more particular reference to the drawings, in connection with which like reference characters will designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, it is to be noted at this time that I have shown the improved cartridge check applied to a Mauser type of magazine rifle. However, the check can of course be applied to various forms of magazine rifles, such as conditions or preference may dictate. The Mauser rifle is fragmentarily shown and designated in its entirety by the numeral 1, having the ordinary breech portion 2 and a breech block 3 slidable therein, which block is provided with a suitable bolt 4 for an obvious purpose. The magazine chamber is arranged in the side portion of the rifle beneath the breech portion 2 and of course communicates therewith, said chamber comprising a casing or housing 4: into which cartridges are placed for feeding to the breech portion of the rifle. A supplemental or additional magazine receptacle 5 is provided and has its upper end flanged and adapted for engagement with the lower marginal portion of the casing 4:; tongues 6 and 7 being formed on and projecting laterally from the opposite ends of the same, one thereof being apertured to permit the engagement of a spring pressed latch pin 8 therein, while the remaining tongue is adapted to be engaged in a keeper 9 secured to an adjacent portion of the rifle stock, thus, permitting the receptacle 5 to be detachably secured in position with respect to the main magazine casin 4. The cartridges are of course fed upwardly into the breech portion of the rifle by means of a spring element arranged in the magazine and having. its free end engaged with the ordinary form of follower plate 11, on which the lowermost of the cartridges rest. In this way, the cartridges will of course be fed in sequential order into the breech portion of the rifle for arrangement in the firing chamber thereof.

Pivoted to one side oi the ride adjacent the breech portion 2 thereoi is the improved check, comprising an arm 12 having one end thereof reduced and apertured as at 13 and formed with ratchet teeth 1%, said reduced portion 13 being pivoted between aperturet bearing lugs carried on the slotted plate 15 which is connected to said side of the rifle by screws or similar fastening devices 16. 1 1 spring pawl 17 is also secured to one end portion of the plate 15 and has the free end 7 portion or said arm.

thereof disposed for ei 'agement in the atchet teeth 1% formed on the reduced apertured portion 13, whereby to rcleasably secure the arm comprising the check in its operative position with relation to the breech portion of the rifle. A laterally and inwardly extending lip 18 is formed on the outer portion of the arm 12 and is adapted to be passed into the breech portion 2- 01' the rifle by way of an opening 19 i ormed in the adjacent portion of the side wall or the r fle, said lip extending into the breech portion for a distance sui'licient to permit engagement between the same and the upper cartridge 0 arranged in the mz-igazine. Obviously, due to the connection between the lip and the cartridge, upward movement of said cartridge into the breech portion or the rifle for positioning in the firing chamber thereof will be prevented. To facilitate movement of the arm 12 a finger piece 20 may be and preferably is formed or otherwise arranged on the upper side oi the outer V It is to be further noted, that outward pivotal movement of the arm 12 with relation to the adjacent side of the rifle will be prevented due to the mode of hinging or pivoting of the same to the bifurcated lugs on the plate 15, said lugs being formed with shoulders as shown in the 7 Figs. 1, 2 and 5. lrliowever, pivotal movement of the arm to permit disenga ement of the inwardly extending lip 18 rronr the uppermost cartridge in the magazine is of course allowed.

In using my improved cartridge check, it will be readily understood by persons skilled in the art that I am enabled to maintain a reserve supply of cartridges in the magazine of a rifle provided therewith merely by swinging the arm carrying the inwardly ex ending lip into its operative position with relation to said rifie, said lip engaging the uppermost cart-ridge arranged in the magazine and preventing the upward automatic feeding of the same in o the breech portion of the rifle. Further, the arrangement of the lip 18 as wel as the arm 12 is such as to allow use of the rifle in the ordinary way and in no manner will it detract from the e'lliciency of the rifle. Cartridges can of course be manually inserted, one at a time, into the breech portion and thence into the firing chamber of a rifle by a user when desiring to fire the rifle slowly. However, should. it be desired to discharge the rifle rapidly, then the arm 12 comprising the check is swung outwardly, thus disengaging the lip 18 from the uppermost cartridge and rendering the supply oi cartridges in the magazine instantly available for use. Due to the provision or the additional or supplemental maga inc receptacle 5, it will. oi course be appreciated. that an extra number of cartridges can be maintained in reserve by a rifle provided with the device.

liianifestly, the construction shown is ca pable of considerable mod'fication and such aodification as is within the scope of my claim,- I consider within the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

The combination with a magazine rifle having a lateral opening in its breecn communicating with the magazine, of a check comprising a slotted base plate fixed exteriorly of the magazine and having bearing lugs, an arm pivoted in the bearing lugs for laterally swinging movement and having a lip at its free end to. project into the magazine through the opening in the breech, the pivoted end of the arm being formed with spaced notch s, a leaf spring fixed on the base to lie within the slot therein for the fulcrum thereof upon the breech of said rifle to hold the free end of the spring in position for positive engagement in the notches in said pivoted end of the arm, and a nib formed on the arm for permitting manual movement thereof.

In testimony whereof, I ail'ix my signature hereto.

ABEL FERNANDEZ.

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